@@nunyabuziness8421 Yea, I gotta say though, if I ever get sent one ‘a them American Powertrain TKX’s, I’d definitely indulge. Wouldn’t mind building a race car with free sponsored parts and such.
@@randomguy1807 By the smart conduction of the visual narrative; the conscious choice to not talk and just show the best scenes; the intelligent use of the camera and lenses; the zoom-ins at the best moments; the well-balanced capture of sounds and a bunch of other details. In general, the vídeos from this guy easily stand out from the sameness of other channels.
Im 61 and ive got my 71 CL350 mothballed right now. Im gonna be retiring over the next few years and getting it back on the road will be so much fun. They are so easy to work on.
It's relaxing to watch you work. Great video. I'm sure I'm not the only person recalling bikes of our youth. I had a CB 360T and CB 750K in the 70's. Keep them coming.
I really enjoy the way you make videos. It give me nice ideas for my footages and the envy to improve the general aspect of my work. Few can really appreciate the efforts you deploy to film in tight spaces or with poor lighting conditions. I do.
Love your vids! Some of my most fond memories are going to salvage yards and scoring some great parts! Used to drive my VW thing to the VW salvage yard and spend all day in the hot and humid Oklahoma summer, it was work but it wasn’t! Enjoy your youth and keep the great vids coming😃
I really appreciate your "belt and suspenders" approach to fixing the wiring. Yes, you can get it to work (temporarily) by twisting the wires together or just using a crimp connector, but it never lasts. 34:32 Good to see that you're wearing your safety slides. PPE is so important!🤣 The fact that you could do this much work with basic tools, common sense, patience and (I'm assuming) a shop manual shows why "Right to Repair" wasn't even a thing 50 years ago. I appreciate your craftsmanship, both in the repair/refurbishment and the quality of the video and editing.
51:08 same sht happened to me after installing a new fuel hose. Anyway I don't know why UA-cam algorithm just showed your channel to me today. I've been looking for good authentic restoration videos and man you're amazing!
To find those places with the motherload of needs and wants. I just found one a couple weeks ago with old doors and windows. I could spend all day in those honey holes .
I had a 'stable' of 2/350 K4's, I could assemble around 6 or 7 complete bikes at any one time. Would tune em till they would hole pistons and spit out rings on a regular basis so most spent most of their lives somewhere on the repair and rebuild assembly line. I had a pile of over 100 friction plates all marked for their nominal thickness to 'dial a clutch'. Cam sprocket bolts will bite you in the ass, re-use at your peril! Nothing quite like a spun cam on an overlap engine doing 9 grand!
I enjoy your videos. Great style and you are very good at what you do. I'm like you, I just enjoy fixing things a d the junk yard is like my happy place. God bless you, my mechanical friend .
bro you're one of a kind. appreciate amount of detail you put in your videos. Those sounds of a thing with that thing appearing like in game was awesome. I enjoyed every second.
That husky set is great. That was my first tool kit. Still use it all the time. Great videos man. I get excited every time I see a notification from your channel!
Another fantastic video. That junkjard footage was great! Hope we'll see that Harley on your channel sooner rather than later. You need one in your life!
Simon, If you would like the “C.W.” Script gone from your tank, try a little nail polish remover (the cheap acetone based kind). Custom pin striping is usually put on on top of the clear coat. Test in a discrete area with the polish remover and it should be no problem.
Those 350s were dependable Hondas. I rode a 71 SL350 for years. I even rode it up my Highschool stairs only to meet the Principal standing there pointing me back down. LOL
Snag a gallon of Evap-o-rust. You just degrease and drop your small parts in, move onto something else, then come back in a few hours. I am in no way associated with the product, but it's life changing!
58:00 the real reason why i watched a whole hour of a guy fixing a bike, i wanted to see the cat. Man, i like your videos so much, you always post cool videos
Old Harleys can be rebuilt over and over again. It’s an old machine like a power hammer, press or a Buffalo Punch. All American made and swap meets filled with parts.
The "animation" style starting at 7:26 made me chuckle... parts "appearing" with sound. You definitely have a flair for video editing that rivals your obvious skill as a mechanic.
you have all life time, center stand need PB or CR40 and heat both sometime, and then try move. first heat then spray CR-40 etc, suck in tube and help lot try open. or easy elektrolyse, add bowl water and salt and soda, then parts add wire, then add water and battery minus, and old bolt to wire and battery positive, and wait some hour. rust go to bolt and clean all part good.
Awesome job you did with this old motorcycle, every day it is more difficult to find people who do this type of restoration and that do not cost you a huge amount of money, congratulations and continue making this type of content, by the way, could you leave the contact from the place where you found the spare parts for your motorcycle, here in Mexico it is very rare to find places like that, greetings from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
I ain't gonna do any brown nosing, but I will say you sure know how to do some grease monkeying, good to see a young man such as you that can do all that, my hat's off to you Hoss 👍👍! Keep on keeping on with what you do and I'll be watching and BTW, you've been subbed here too! 🤘🤘
Hey Simon hows it going, just wants to say huge fan of your channel and keep on doing what you are doing!, but on the other hand i notice you deal with some rust here and there just thought i would mention that "pickling Vinegar" which has 7% acid in it works great for removing rust if you fill a pale up with it and its pretty cheap as well i think its 4 or 5 bucks Canadian a jug, but ya alot cheaper for removing rust from anything bolts small panels or whatever just let it soak in a pale for few hours and brush the rust off in most cases, just thought i would forward that info
Thank you very much for the tip. I’ve tried apple cider vinegar before with good results. Honestly though, most of the time i don’t have the patience to let stuff soak, especially when trying to meet video deadlines.
America needs more bike junkyards like that !!! What a treasure!
No fancy shop nor equipment just determination resourcefulness and a good pair of brains. I love this channel! Greetings from Belgium.
I hate the sponsored will it run channels. Too many on UA-cam w fancy shops and deep pockets
@@nunyabuziness8421 Yea, I gotta say though, if I ever get sent one ‘a them American Powertrain TKX’s, I’d definitely indulge. Wouldn’t mind building a race car with free sponsored parts and such.
America needs more people like this young man.
rest of the the world also...
its a chick
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While you are still trying to figure out how to put toilet paper on the holder.
🤣
A coffee, a joint and a SimonFordman video is a pretty nice way to spend an hour. Thanks for making these!
Heck yea
Came across your channel a few days ago.
What a breath of fresh air. No commentary, just wrenching etc.
Many thanks. 👍
That bike yard / breakers is a place of beauty. Thanks for another great bikeumentory.
I'm always blown away by the artistic quality of your videos.
How do you think it’s artsy?
@@randomguy1807 By the smart conduction of the visual narrative; the conscious choice to not talk and just show the best scenes; the intelligent use of the camera and lenses; the zoom-ins at the best moments; the well-balanced capture of sounds and a bunch of other details. In general, the vídeos from this guy easily stand out from the sameness of other channels.
Im 61 and ive got my 71 CL350 mothballed right now. Im gonna be retiring over the next few years and getting it back on the road will be so much fun. They are so easy to work on.
Simon, a man of great taste and talent. We love your work.
Simon you are a time traveler from the 70's and that's a good thing. Keep up the great work!
Excellent choice in cheap mufflers, I ran a set on my Guzzi V7III. You made a real honest bike of this one.
Thank you. Yea I was super happy with the sound for an $80 pair.
That pause at 20:15 is my kind of thing. CB s are loveable machines in what ever the condition they are❤. Excellent video 👍
i miss the times i did this in my 20s. I will get into again once my kids are older. :)
I've spent many hours working on my 79 CX500, so this was super relatable. Love it.
It's relaxing to watch you work. Great video. I'm sure I'm not the only person recalling bikes of our youth. I had a CB 360T and CB 750K in the 70's. Keep them coming.
Watching this makes me miss my 74 cb450, loved that bike 🏍
I really enjoy the way you make videos. It give me nice ideas for my footages and the envy to improve the general aspect of my work. Few can really appreciate the efforts you deploy to film in tight spaces or with poor lighting conditions. I do.
Thank you very much, I'm flattered. Your channel is great, makes me wish I was better at my French.
Love your vids! Some of my most fond memories are going to salvage yards and scoring some great parts!
Used to drive my VW thing to the VW salvage yard and spend all day in the hot and humid Oklahoma summer, it was work but it wasn’t! Enjoy your youth and keep the great vids coming😃
Thank you!
I watch your channel for me it's therapy...congratulations...I loved the bike it was great
35:16 at least you've said the begining of a word ! High quality content on you channel, quite hypnotizing ! Thank you
Simon says
@#$&%
Here’s another reason why when I receive a SimonFordman notification my day becomes a whole lot better! Wonderful work, greetings from Iowa!
Greetings!
I really appreciate your "belt and suspenders" approach to fixing the wiring. Yes, you can get it to work (temporarily) by twisting the wires together or just using a crimp connector, but it never lasts.
34:32 Good to see that you're wearing your safety slides. PPE is so important!🤣
The fact that you could do this much work with basic tools, common sense, patience and (I'm assuming) a shop manual shows why "Right to Repair" wasn't even a thing 50 years ago.
I appreciate your craftsmanship, both in the repair/refurbishment and the quality of the video and editing.
Thank you very much
51:08 same sht happened to me after installing a new fuel hose. Anyway I don't know why UA-cam algorithm just showed your channel to me today. I've been looking for good authentic restoration videos and man you're amazing!
To find those places with the motherload of needs and wants. I just found one a couple weeks ago with old doors and windows. I could spend all day in those honey holes .
I just finished building my own 71 CB350 this year. Fun little thing around town. Definitely turns some heads
Awesome videos, you guys are the American version of the UA-cam channel Flexiny. Keep up the great work.
I had a 'stable' of 2/350 K4's, I could assemble around 6 or 7 complete bikes at any one time. Would tune em till they would hole pistons and spit out rings on a regular basis so most spent most of their lives somewhere on the repair and rebuild assembly line. I had a pile of over 100 friction plates all marked for their nominal thickness to 'dial a clutch'. Cam sprocket bolts will bite you in the ass, re-use at your peril! Nothing quite like a spun cam on an overlap engine doing 9 grand!
Yes! A new SimonHondaman video!!!
Very talented editing !
Y ahora que vimos todos los vídeos. Estamos deseando más!
I really enjoyed the videos on the CB, the style and video quality is right up there with the best. Thank you! 🇦🇺
No talking, no crappy music just a Guy working on His Bike, from the UK 👍
Thanks for putting up the new video. I have watched all of your videos, so I was getting itchy for a new one. Great stuff.
These videos are definitely a real treat to watch, THANK YOU ! 👍
The bike turned out great. Another great video.
You brought back a classic, a basically stock bike with tasteful mods. Great!
I love this type of work! Watching those videos I feel I am working with this bike. Hope to get my CB125T running like this one.
I enjoy your videos. Great style and you are very good at what you do. I'm like you, I just enjoy fixing things a d the junk yard is like my happy place. God bless you, my mechanical friend .
Creative and smart. Nicely done as always. Good show!
Most channels turn these into café racers, instead you fully restored it. I like the racers but still respect your work.
Learned some tricks from your videos and applied on servicing my light truck. Thanks and subscribbed!
bro you're one of a kind. appreciate amount of detail you put in your videos. Those sounds of a thing with that thing appearing like in game was awesome. I enjoyed every second.
Great restoration and troubleshooting 😊
That husky set is great. That was my first tool kit. Still use it all the time. Great videos man. I get excited every time I see a notification from your channel!
A man of few words. Actually none😂Action speaks louder than words
Another fantastic video. That junkjard footage was great! Hope we'll see that Harley on your channel sooner rather than later. You need one in your life!
Simon, If you would like the “C.W.” Script gone from your tank, try a little nail polish remover (the cheap acetone based kind).
Custom pin striping is usually put on on top of the clear coat. Test in a discrete area with the polish remover and it should be no problem.
Fantastic job. Love the content.
Отличное видео, коллекция восстановленной техники пополняется!
Simon keep up the great work and restore, love it...God bless! 😊❤
The pain of rusted in bulbs on full display ... love your videos, keep 'em coming and you'll build a sizable audience, I'd bet...
had a 1973 cb 350 4 syncing the 4 carbs was a joy.
Great to see the channel growing. Great stuff
Those 350s were dependable Hondas. I rode a
71 SL350 for years. I even rode it up my Highschool stairs only to meet the Principal standing there pointing me back down. LOL
Haha
The master mechanic at work he's a keeper handy with renches
In Brazil we have a poor saying: there is no time to fix one thing, ruin another, but life goes on
Snag a gallon of Evap-o-rust. You just degrease and drop your small parts in, move onto something else, then come back in a few hours. I am in no way associated with the product, but it's life changing!
great rebuild man loved every part of it some awesome mechanics my first time watching thanks for video best wishes from england
58:00 the real reason why i watched a whole hour of a guy fixing a bike, i wanted to see the cat.
Man, i like your videos so much, you always post cool videos
I wont trust that type of rectifier. I once stranded on the road due to failing rectifier. Good video.
Fantastic work you've done there 💯 well done 👍
I hate to say it ,, but that Honda will be going long after that Harley has been turned into a Toaster Oven by a factory in China 🫤
harley made in thailand today not in US, and honda made in japan, lot betteer quality than harley. long live engines.
Old Harleys can be rebuilt over and over again. It’s an old machine like a power hammer, press or a Buffalo Punch.
All American made and swap meets filled with parts.
Both the fixing and the production quality is first class. Must have taken hours and hours of editing, very impressive.
Great transformation! Nice kittie
Me encantan las viejas motos japonesas, gran trabajo Simon! saludos desde Argentina.
i watched the entire video in one sitting. amazing work
also i have a few questions
Cool as usual. Great video and race at the end. Thanks!
Nice work, keep going! Work, no talk!
There’s something to be said about leaving a bike stock, look at all the work needed to bring the bike back from the horrible modifications.
The "animation" style starting at 7:26 made me chuckle... parts "appearing" with sound. You definitely have a flair for video editing that rivals your obvious skill as a mechanic.
Dou o maior valor assistir você restaurar esses carros velhos e estás motos antigas quando eu era mais jovem vazia o mesmo. Parabéns
Yay! A new upload. I just made myself a late night dinner after a long day. Perfect timing.
What'd you make?
@@SimonFordman Not to brag, but chicken strips and vegetables.
Awesome
Keep doing what you doing !
What a place that bone yard is, wow.
The handlebars are the icing on the cake, the other one was horrible
Very good, thanks for a great upload.👍🏼
This is going to be good thanks for sharing
20:16 ofc he had to stop there's a beautiful ride he wants
hugs from curitiba Brazil
Wow 🎉👍 54:38
Real Old School . Perfect .
you have all life time, center stand need PB or CR40 and heat both sometime, and then try move. first heat then spray CR-40 etc, suck in tube and help lot try open. or easy elektrolyse, add bowl water and salt and soda, then parts add wire, then add water and battery minus, and old bolt to wire and battery positive, and wait some hour. rust go to bolt and clean all part good.
My fav bike.
20:14, para de ajustar una tuerca, para escuchar el ruido de una moto que pasa, detalle muy bueno!
Awesome job you did with this old motorcycle, every day it is more difficult to find people who do this type of restoration and that do not cost you a huge amount of money, congratulations and continue making this type of content, by the way, could you leave the contact from the place where you found the spare parts for your motorcycle, here in Mexico it is very rare to find places like that, greetings from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
While you are watching this video Simon Fordman is probably fixing an on old machine and making a memorizing video about it.
I ain't gonna do any brown nosing, but I will say you sure know how to do some grease monkeying, good to see a young man such as you that can do all that, my hat's off to you Hoss 👍👍! Keep on keeping on with what you do and I'll be watching and BTW, you've been subbed here too! 🤘🤘
Menuda restauración tan estupenda!!Me encanto like y suscrito
Love this channel and the cats too...
Thank you for making this kind of content
Nice Bub, real nice!
Really like the content, keep em coming, please.
Hey Simon hows it going, just wants to say huge fan of your channel and keep on doing what you are doing!, but on the other hand i notice you deal with some rust here and there just thought i would mention that "pickling Vinegar" which has 7% acid in it works great for removing rust if you fill a pale up with it and its pretty cheap as well i think its 4 or 5 bucks Canadian a jug, but ya alot cheaper for removing rust from anything bolts small panels or whatever just let it soak in a pale for few hours and brush the rust off in most cases, just thought i would forward that info
Thank you very much for the tip. I’ve tried apple cider vinegar before with good results. Honestly though, most of the time i don’t have the patience to let stuff soak, especially when trying to meet video deadlines.
@@SimonFordman fair enough that makes sense!
Peça ao ar livre tanto tempo jogada … e o cromado ali presente! Peças originais são sem comparação!
Another great video. 👍🏼
It would be great if you had a Harley and showed us how to repair it. I would love that video.
If i ever come across the right one, you’ll see it
Out of Order column shifter😂 nice👌🏾🤘🏾
More people watched this video than bought/played Concorde. As it should be.
Thank You.
Awesome stuff as usual!